Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Amber Balcaen 🇨🇦

 block twenty-one for 150 Canadian Women is called Eccentric Star and is dedicated to Amber Balcaen

Melissa's block 21

dianne's block 21

twenty-one weeks done and 129 to go, give or take six 

rock on...

the R and the B are for my Nonna (Rosina) and my Grandma (Bessie) ... my ancestors were latecomers to the party 

today we are thankful for the small joys, secure in the knowledge that kindness is free and strong women rock and pumpkin pie is delicious ... happy Thanksgiving 

*****edited to add*****

signs of resistance

(the little picture is the USS Constitution)

nice hat ... gobble gobble 

Sarah Emma Evelyn Edmonds Seeyle 🇨🇦

 

block twenty for 150 Canadian Women is called Jack and Six and is dedicated to Sarah Emma Evelyn Edmonds Seelye

Melissa's block 20

dianne's block 20

twenty weeks done and 130 to go, give or take six 

so much pain

a public service announcement from Aaron Parnas

 

ENOUGH ALREADY

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

Things My Son Needs to Know About the World by Fredrik Backman

Dr. Roberta Bondar 🇨🇦

 block nineteen for 150 Canadian Women is called Maple Leaf and is dedicated to Roberta Lynn Bondar

Melissa's block 19

dianne's block 19

nineteen weeks done and 131 to go, give or take six 

at 6:27am MST on 11/12/2025

this was happening right outside my bedroom window...

ain't that sumpin?

6 7

six

seven

if you know, you know ... if you don't know (i did not know) it can mean whatever you want it to mean ... at least until you duck duck go it - and then it makes no sense in this particular context

wise choice

it has come to this...

who can blame them? murder on the high seas isn't the trailer for a blockbuster movie anymore - it's the current regime's daily brag  - no interdiction, no rule of law, no adherence to international agreements - just death and destruction because a DUI hire is hellbent on displaying his "lethality" for a wannabe dictator

 silence is complicity*

just sayin'

also, release the Epstein files 

and why are you hiding them? 

*by the way, Mary No Reply,  the mug isn't a wish - i wouldn't waste a wish on the inevitable ... as Joni Ernst told her constituents, "We all are going to die."

no soup for you...

 

taking food from the mouths of 42,000,000 AMERICANS for ten days and counting

 39% of those hungry AMERICANS are children 

that's 16,380,000 AMERICAN CHILDREN 

almost 17 MILLION AMERICAN CHILDREN aren't getting enough to eat

 11% of those AMERICAN CHILDREN are under the age of five

think that about that

 1,801,800 AMERICAN BABIES don't have food in their bellies 

is that pro-freaking life?

and he's doing it because he CAN

so...

are we great again?

 cuz i just feel shame...

Serves them right, those yuletide-loving, sickly-sweet, nog-sucking cheer mongers! 

The Grinch

release the Epstein files - we haven't forgotten

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

 

more signs

unbelievable that this even needs to be said...

 just sayin' 

by the way, we can walk and chew gum at the same time...

17.77778% less

 for the same price...

 shrinkflation at its cleanest 

just sayin' 

beaver moon

Harriet Brooks 🇨🇦

block eighteen of 150 Canadian Women is called Shoofly and is dedicated to Harriet Brooks

Melissa's block 18

dianne's block 18

eighteen weeks done and 132 to go, give or take six 

if you know...

 

you know.

this is my election day present ... had to buy two of these kitties so i don't hafta share

tomorrow is election day for local and state elections 

if we change nothing,  nothing will change 

just sayin'

rock on

it was the second protest gathering for us yesterday ... i was weary ... i really didn't want to use up what was left of a lovely autumn day holding my sign and being blasted with gas fumes and rolling coal from pissed off Red Hats flipping the bird and screaming obscenities out their big truck windows...

there are positive horn honkers and thumbs-uppers and peace-signers and wavers - many, MANY more of them than there are of the jerks - but the jerks are the ones i remember when it's time to leave - ugly leaves a nasty stain

but this one was about resisting the lawless cruelty that ICE is inflicting on ALL OF US, especially the most vulnerable ... so i pulled into the Home Depot parking lot, parked the car and got our signs about immigration out of the trunk ... i wanted to be anywhere else... 

i heard a quiet voice say...

"i paint rocks." 

she pulled two rocks out of her jeans pockets and handed one to each of us...

Melissa's rock

my rock

how did she know what each of us needed to hear?!?

 her random act of kindness changed everything for  the remainder of the day ... i was still weary and the jerks still acted like jerks - but freedom lies in being bold ... and the Constitution cannot uphold itself

just sayin' 

sunday funnies

today's new signs

you're welcome. 

enough is enough.

NO!

just sayin' 

The Hobbit by J.J.R. Tolkien